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Wander with Purpose by Toms

And I love it. For it’s simple design, ability to excite, and all-around great aesthetic.

While I for a long time thought that the staple Toms shoe design was downright ugly, I love the mission. Buy a shoe, give a shoe. I love when business and charity mix; because feeling good about one’s own accomplishments goes so much further than receiving a free meal from some person in a far off country, the microfinance charity model. And the new shoe lines are definitely more appealing, more my speed. Playa sandals and platform wedges in traditional African textiles are oh so cool.

But beyond shoes, have a look at these pages. Don’t they make you want to go somewhere far away?

Wander with purpose, oh how I love that idea. To wander with meaning, and to not be lost in the search for the unknown. For years, I’ve felt that my purposeful wanderings around Western Europe and Northern Africa have been downplayed and frowned upon, all the more upon my reentrance into America. But I miss them and the freedom that they allowed. I can’t wait to return to them. Where have your purposeful wanderings taken you?

It reminds me of this poem, which I love, by J.R.R. Tolkien in The Fellowship of the Ring. It goes,